Cap. 537 чл. 9Sentencing Policy Advisory Board.

(1) There shall be a Board to be known as the Sentencing

Policy Advisory Board which shall consist of such number of persons not being less than three or more than six as the Minister may from time to time appoint.

(2) The function of the Board shall be to suggest policies for the sentencing of persons found guilty of drug and drug related offences in such a manner as to aim at achieving consistency in the punishments given for such offences by different courts.

(3) The Minister, after consultation with the Commission for the Administration of Justice, may by regulations extend the competence of the Sentencing Policy Advisory Board to other offences.

(4) Upon drafting sentencing policies the Board shall report to the Minister who shall refer the draft policies for an opinion from the Commission for the Administration of Justice, making such comments in writing as the Minister may deem appropriate.

(5) The Commission for the Administration of Justice shall issue its opinion on the draft sentencing policies within six months from the end of the month during which these are communicated to it by the Minister: Provided that if the opinion of the Commission for the Administration of Justice is not received by the Minister within a period of thirty days following the expiry of the period of six months referred to in this sub-article, the Minister shall be entitled to proceed to adopt and publish the said sentencing policies or to extend the said period of six months upon the request of the Commission if he considers that such extension is justified:

Provided further that where the Commission for the Administration of Justice has approved a sentencing policy this shall be published by the Minister as so approved unless the Minister, for reasons to be stated in writing, considers it necessary to depart from the approved policy.